Territory Manager

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Job Title: Territory Manager

Location: Myersville, Maryland

Starting Compensation Range: This is a sales position eligible for base plus commissions with a probable income of more than $100,000. The final compensation is negotiable and subject to candidate's experience and skills.

What You Will Do:

• Gather, design, and deploy information, advice, strategies, and actions to effectively earn business revenue and market share from customers in assigned territories and assigned customers
• Travel to meet with assigned customers and assigned conquest customers to solicit machine purchases
• Prospect for customers in assigned territory to earn business revenue and increase market share
• Meet or exceed individual targets for units, revenue, and gross profit
• Adhere to the Sales Management Process including UCC reconciliation, lost sale reporting, maintaining established planned activity rate (PAR) and managing the sales funnel
• Provide quotes with credit terms and prepare sales contracts for machine orders
• Submit accurate expense reports and adhere to company expense policies
• Meet or exceed criteria for Customer Quality Index (CQI) for assigned accounts
• Investigate and resolve customer issues in a team environment
• Process machine demos and loaners according to established company policies and procedures
• Keep customers informed as to dates, delays, etc. of each new and used machine sale delivery and follow up on all deliveries within 15 days to establish customer satisfaction
• Prepare territory plan quarterly and review with Regional Sales Manager
• Ensure no accounts are past due more than 60 days without proper action being taken and work with Finance Manager to resolve
• Actively participate, as required by management, to help settle all customer disputes within 30 days
• Work with revenue departments with sales of company products, parts and services to assigned customers
• Work in coordination with team to achieve Continuous Improvement goals and objectives
• Perform other related duties as assigned

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous outside sales experience, required
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field, preferred
• Self-directed and able to work with limited supervision; capable of developing objectives, setting priorities, and implementing ideas in a timely manner
• Excellent customer satisfaction skills and the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships
• Service existing customers with periodic scheduled visits, and effectively prospect potential new customers
• Develop and execute effective action plans and handle customer situations to produce results
• Effective negotiating and closing deals
• Valid driver's license
• Excellent driving record
• Frequent travel is required - overnight or out town via car or airplane

What Success Looks Like In This Role:

• Interpreting data and making quick decisions
• Innovation and creativity
• Quick evaluation of facts; good judgment when making decisions
• Active listening with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Communicating using a telephone and a computer
• Handling large volumes of work in a fast-paced environment
• Organization and ability to handle several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines
• Self-development and adaptability to changing technology
• Promoting a positive customer experience
• Upholding the Core Values of Integrity, Commitment, Excellence and Teamwork by embracing The Carter Way

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to stand; walk and talk or hear
• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and /or move up to 20 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus

Competitive Compensation and Benefits:

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k), $0.75 to $1.25 match up to 6%
• Life and disability insurance
• In-house training…